A PR Newswire post this week reports that the solar market is surging. Around the world, people are becoming more concerned about CO2 emissions and the need to increase reliance on renewable energy resources. In addition, government tax incentives and feed-in tariffs are fueling the demand for solar photovoltaic (PV) products and materials. As reported [...]
2010 is turning out to be the year of the electric vehicle. With back to school season in full swing, kids in Wisconsin can soon get a lesson in energy efficiency before they even reach the school steps. A new fleet of plug-in electric hybrid school buses will be transporting students in the Oconomowoc school [...]
I’m sure that we can all agree that finding reliable alternative energy sources is critical in the coming decades. Regardless of whether you believe that the planet is warming, we simply cannot continue to burn fossil fuels as if they will always be available for our use. Obviously, I’m a proponent of solar power since [...]
The 2010 Land Art Generator Design Competition features beautiful solar thin-film in a desert sculpture outside of Dubai. Winding across the United Arab Emirates desert, the solar sculpture, called the “Light Sanctuary,” was created by Martina Decker and Peter Yeadon of Decker Yeadon LLC. Designed to resemble the desert’s sand dunes, the thin-film solar panels [...]
Written by guest contributor Jennifer Gorton from Forex Traders The Great Recession of 2008 caused economic upheaval around the globe. As Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers and several other prominent American financial institutions collapsed in September of 2008, it seemed for a short time that the entire global financial system may collapse. Fortunately, Central Bank [...]
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Make plans now to attend the annual Solar and Sustainable Celebration in Northern California. On September 25 and 26, 2010, the summer weather will still be shining in Ukiah, California at the Redwood Empire Fairgrounds. Its a perfect place for the Solar Living Institute’s outdoor solar seminar, known as Solfest. A few hours north from [...]
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The 25th annual European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference is next month in beautiful Valencia, Spain. Combined with the 5th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, the conference runs from September 6-10, 2010. As a world-wide leader in solar energy, Spain is the perfect location for the Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference. The official website describes the [...]
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Its probably not a proposition that you’ve considered, even as news that the BP oil spill is more than 3 times the size of the Exxon Valdez catastrophe is released this week. But what if BP spilled solar panels instead of oil? One Block Off the Grid, which offers bulk discounts on solar panels, has [...]
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In the past, we’ve blogged about solar roadways – that is, driving surfaces covered with PV panels that can generate energy. As we noted previously: Solar Roadways, a company based in the northern part of Idaho (www.solarroadways.com) … hopes to take its idea of “structurally-engineered solar panels” that can be driven upon, and literally pave [...]
Finally – a simple and straightforward solar power solution for one of our most pressing needs…. a clean car. The energy it takes to run an automatic car wash can really add up, especially during summer months when lots of vehicles return from dusty campgrounds and bug-covered road trips. Washing your car at home isn’t [...]
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